So...whats for dinner?

Laurie, that is absolutely terrifying.  It is amazing that you were able to stay calm and think clearly.  You are in my thoughts.  I echo what the others have said.  I hope you are somewhere comfortable.  I was just thinking just before school starts too, but your boys are still too young for school?  Keep us updated and know we are thinking of you.

I love breakfast for dinner too.  Going to be having a bowl of raisin bran in a few minutes, but it will be for breakfast this time. And chocolate cake is even better, but I'm trying to be an adult now.  Blah!  What BC will do to us!  Had some more of the eggplant parm my sister gave me yesterday with some broccoli that DH made.  He tried it a different way.  He blanched the broccoli and then mixed it with a quarter cup of oil that he had boiled with garlic, red pepper and salt.  It was good.  I think he overdid the red pepper a little though.  He tends to have a heavy hand with the "hot" stuff.  I have grown used to it though and started to like things pretty spicey as well.

I am better today,  Sunday I slept all day, weather was cold and nasty, so took advantage and stayed home and rested.  i dont usually have this response to herceptin, but  I think I was just way overtired from all the summer activities. Only 3 more to go!

Laurie   so glad you and the kids are ok.  the clean up must be a nightmare though.....maybe collect all those bricks and use it for edging on a new garden...you can call it the lightning garden.

I worked the nightshift for 10 years and breakfast was always in the middle of the day and dinner was at 7am  glad i'm not doing that crazy mixed up schedule aymore. tonight will be simple BLT's

Funny but I can always tell how sick I am by whether or not I want to cook dinner. Not eat.I'm one of those peole that always has an appetite. Well, I had my exchange this past Friday and I didn't cook a thing till last night. I made Mussels Fra Diablio with linguine and a salad.My energy didn't last too long as Hubby grilled steaks today and I did nothing!!

Barbara

OH an Debbie that sounds like a great trip...did you move recently after treatment?   Would love to see pics of your hair...how far out from chemo are you?

By the way, Barbara, congrats on getting through the exchange!  I caved today and made 3 appointments for the rest of my fills.  The chances of me having DIEP are so slim, but I'll fnd out more on 9/13 when I have my next appt with the Plastic Surgeon.  If he thinks I have a prayer of having DIEP, I'll have him give me a referral.  Otherwise, I'm going to fill up these TE's and get on with it.

Fearless_One - hope you're getting your energy back.

Michelle

Laurie you have a wonderful outlook. It will get you through this. It sounds like you are already a good way towards normal. Keep us updated and your family will remain in my thoughts and prayers.

carberry great find on the bed! Wish I had some place like that here.

Michelle sorry to hear about the diep. I think I actually would have chosen implants, but they were not an option due to needing rads. I got one of the four drains out today though. Yay!! I think I'll be getting two or maybe all three of the rest out on Thursday. We were actually in the car on the way home from hospital where drain was removed when we felt the earthquake. It apparently registered 5.8 here. Being in the car, we felt the car shake, we bjth thought it was some kind of rough idling or something with the car. The building we had just left got evacuAted for about 30 minutes. It seems like thAt was pretty much the story in Philadelphia.

Debbie your trip sounds like lots of fun. Enjoy it and then tell us all about it.

Pizza for dinner tonight. My oldest friend came over with it.

wow Laurie.. you are lucky that YOU are ok. 'stuck' by lightning.. that is adorable.

Anyway, about my Ozark friend... I used to play pool (or billiards) and for some reason I got really good at it. (actually I stopped by my friend's pool hall and practiced in the quiet afternoons on these huge tables between my morning and evening waitressing jobs).

I somehow got on the pool circuit where you travelled from bar to bar and competed in tournaments.  Some of the tournaments were in the Ozarks and you had to be aware (no drinking) and stay for hours in a bar. Anyway I met a woman named Karen and stayed with her when I went down to Bagnell Dam or beyond.  She owned a little shop that sold the smoked meats that she smoked from her pigs....  Anyway, dinner, breakfast or lunch always featured her produce garden.

One meal was Nothing but zuccini..like 12 zuccini dishes and nothing else.  One was zuccini, saltines and milk baked in a pan.. not the best dish... the bacon and tomato stuffed zuccini was pretty good tho.  I was always grateful for her cooking as I was always hungry back then, being a cyclest as well as a waitress, cook or manager.

Some of her dishes were awesome... combinations of peas, sweetcorn and carrots rolled in lettuces and baked... i kid you not. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagnell_Dam

Debbie - lots of Debbie McPherson's on Facebook.  Can you try to find me (Michelle Hall  Blue Springs, MO)?  You should recognize my profile picture.  Do you have a digital camera?  If so, you should be able to connect it right to the computer or take out the SD card and insert it into the little slot on the side of the computer (I'm assuming you have a laptop).  I can talk you through it, in any case.

Laurie - welcome back to the interwebs!!!   I can't believe you were staying in the house with all the inconveniences.  I'd have headed for the nearest Residence Inn, and I am sure the insurance company would have paid for that.  Maybe it would have been too hard with little kids, they need their stuff!  Anyways, glad that your contractors are making so much progress and so quickly.  We had hail damage last September and were under construction for two months.  Yup-new roof, new ceilings, floors sanded and refinished.  To some extent, it was a godsend as insurance paid for some things that we felt needed to be done in order to update the house.  But oh what a mess!  And it was just DH and I!    Are you going to have to worry about mold in the basement?  Or is it going to dry out OK?  That could be a bigger long-term problem.  And I hate to say it, but the forecast for Sunday is heavy rain!  Apparently Irene is heading in our direction and I can just see the camping situation disintegrating in a real hurry.  We were supposed to host our grandson's birthday party on Sunday but my daughter has changed it to her house because of the forecast.  We couldn't possibly have everyone inside without a major traffic jam, and it seems highly likely that the weather will be dreadful.  We're going to have to figure out how to batten down the hatches - tons of patio furniture and no "indoor" place to store it.  We may need to get tarps and bunjee cords!

Kay - I'm surprised you couldn't have had implants - I'm having radiation after chemo and my tissue expanders won't be a problem.  Glad you are healing well and the drains are coming out.  Those things are a serious pain in the butt!  I had just two after my MX and I think the second one (left BC side) was in for 17 days.

Apple - interesting story about being a pool shark!  Interesting veggie dishes.  Have you ever shredded zucchini and used it like spaghetti?  It works great, you just add it into the dish with the marinara and everything else at the very last minute, it cooks in an instant.  Very nice low carb option!  Aramark used to offer it at the pasta station in the Sprint campus cafeteria.

If anyone else does Facebook, just send me a Friend invitation. I think my profile picture will make it easy to find me.

Michelle

Michelle- Cant understand why facebook is so hard to find people these days,  I searched for you and there are so many i looked forever- I changed my profile to Debbie louise Mcpherson and put my city, lincoln city oregon in so it is easier to find me now, try it and let me know if that helps, no i dont have a digital camera, i have skype and took a picture of myself and cant seem to d/l that pic on to  any thing else. I cant even d/l outlook, im wondering if its because i have firefox, but i tryed it on ie and it still wont work,! I used to know what i was doing LOL!

Apple- The veggies baked in lettuce sounds up my dads alley (hes vegetarian) I will try to make that and see if its somthing he might like. Wow, you have done a lot of neat things I havnt played pool in years. would like to again,

Carberry- I cook like you would a grilled cheese, sometimes i use mayo instead of butter and it works great!

Laurie- Dont know how you are cooking it, grill? baked? sauted?  I have a good salmon recipe that is fancy and uses burre blanc sauce- not sure you want that but if you do let me know.  if you are grilling i season with s&p and rub some brown sugar on it wrap in foil and grill- Or if im pan frying n a little butte, I like lemonpepper seasoning and a little lemon juice then add capers at last few minutes and parlsley- in a 350 oven in a dish i like to add herbs like dill, lemonpepper a little butter and wine if you have and cook for about 12 minutes- If this is for camping the foil one works great.

Michelle- I wish i still looked like that, but sadly 12 years later and wrinkles and weight, and chemo changed it all LOL! Not feeling very sexy these days, but thank-you!  I do have a camera on my cell phone but how do i d/l in to my computer?

Your pie sounds really good, I make somthing like that only using a cooked cormean with cheese in it and top it off with that, but next time i will make it with the potatoes YUMM!

Laurie,



Not sure what kind of salmon dish you would like but, this one caught my eye in the grocery store.... http://www.mccormick.com/Recipes/Main-Dish/Recipe-Inspirations-Asian-Sesame-Salmon.aspx. It was on package of McCormick seasoning that had the exact spices to make it all pre-measured.... Looked easy and good.....

Laurie and michelle- both of those recipes looked great- I love salmon i will try this one but leaving the cilantro out and the white bean salad sounded really good too.